Posts by Chefross

My worst kitchen disaster happened while I was in Washington DC working for Marriott, We were prepping for a large banquet, all the stoves were covered with pans and pots of food cooking at various stages when the Ansul system went...

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I assume you are asking whether fine dining kitchens use convenience products. If the cooks "don't" then that's probably the reason. Everything is pre-made and all they do is re-heat.   Depending on the kitchen,...

When I venture out on vacations I like to stay at Bed and Breakfast places, and I find it interesting what these places cook for breakfast. Many places still serve sweets at breakfast and lots of it.  Things like sticky buns...

Quote: Originally Posted by KYHeirloomer  Chefross, I believe you're misremembering.   The Virginia Housewife was written my Mary Randolph, one of Jefferson's distant cousins.   It...

Thomas Jefferson's wife Martha penned a recipe cookbook called "The Virginia Housewife" The original is in the Smithsonian but you can go online and download it. For the Bicentennial I lead a brigade of 25 cooks to re-create...

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned using a thermometer to check done-ness. I have always cooked food by temp not time. To that end 138 degrees internal temperature works great for most fish and seafood. I agree that there is...

Interesting about the soup cup sizes. When I purchased for the banquet house the average cup in a restaurant is 6 ounces but the bowl was 10 ounces. We got some that were 8 ounces for French Onion soup but they were more of a crock...

Guys I would agree to ending the shift with the comment "I won't be in tomorrow...I have some very personal business to attend to."   I do not agree with no call no show no matter what you guys say.   I have...

I have Le Creuset at home. I have that stock pot. I've owned it for many years. Non of my pots are cracking or losing the lining. I have saucepans, Marmit, dutch ovens all the usual stuff. The trick is that since it is cast...